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Joshua Gouker testifies in son's murder trial

Convicted killer Joshua Gouker testified Monday that he alone killed 14-year-old Trey Zwicker two years ago and that his then-15-year-old son, Josh Young, who is on trial in the killing, had no part.

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Updated: 7:11 AM EDT Aug 6, 2013

Joshua Gouker testifies in son's murder trial

Convicted killer Joshua Gouker testified Monday that he alone killed 14-year-old Trey Zwicker two years ago and that his then-15-year-old son, Josh Young, who is on trial in the killing, had no part.

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Updated: 7:11 AM EDT Aug 6, 2013

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WEBVTT story. SMUG AND DEFIANT. THAT'S HOW CONVICTED KILLER... JOSH GOUKER... APPEARED IN COURT TODAY... AS HE TESTIFIED IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF HIS TEENAGE SON. JOSH YOUNG IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT... FOR THE BEATING DEATH OF TREY ZWICKER... BUT GOUKER CLAIMS HIS SON HAD NO PART OF IT. W-L-K-Y'S MARISSA ALTER IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE JUDICIAL CENTER WITH WHAT ELSE HE HAD TO SAY IN COURT... MARISSA? JOSH GOUKER'S TESTIMONY WAS AT T IMES OBSCENE AND ARGUMENTATIVE. OTHER TIMES HE APPEARED PRETTY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF SMIRKING AND LAUGHING. GOUKER SHOWED NO REMO JURY HE ALONE KILLED TREY ZWICKER AS PAYBACK FOR ZWICKER'S MOTHER, AMANDA MCFARLAND, ABORTING HIS CHILD. DRESSED IN AN ORANGE PRISON JUMPSUIT, JOSH GOUKER TOLD THE JURY HE USED A PIPE TO BLUDGEON HIS 14-YEAR-OLD STEP-SON'S BODY IN A DITCH BEHIND LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL IN MAY 2011. , but it's not. If we was in the Old Testament it'd be the same thing. PROSECUTORS DON'T BELIEVE GOUKER ACTED ALONE, BUT PUSHED HIS THEN 15-YEAR-OLD SON JOSH YOUNG TO COMMIT MURDER. IN COURT, ERIN WHITE PRESSED GOUKER TO GO OVER THE DETAILS OF THAT NIGHT AGAIN. that I didn't even give a about two years ago. So how can I tell you the exact thing now when I really didn't give a then? Attorney: If you're telling the truth, it shouldn't be that hard. Gouker: Yeah, but I've lied this whole time except since arraignment. WHITE WENT THROUGH THE MULTIPLE STORIES GOUKER'S SPUN SINCE TREY ZWICKER DIED. THE FIRST DIVERTED INVESTIGATORS' FOCUS TO A GROUP OF BLACK TEENS. yeah. THE FOLLOWING MONTH WHEN GOUKER WAS ARRESTED IN ALABAMA ON OTHER CHARGES HIS VERSION CHANGED. HE TOLD POLICE YOUNG KILLED ZWICKER WITH A BAT. ON THE STAND, GOUKER SAID IT WAS EASY TO MANIPULATE THE DETECTIVE. GOUKER BRAGGED EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS TO GET OUT OF CUSTODY THEN MADE A SURPRISING CONFESSION. JURORS ALS